Motion Computing Pumps Up Tablets with Core i7

On Wednesday, Motion Computing announced that the company was updating its line of slate tablet PCs with low voltage Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i5 vPro processors.

On Wednesday, Motion Computing announced that the company was updating its line of slate tablet PCs with low voltage Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i5 vPro processors.

The ruggedized F5v Tablet PC and C5v MCA are an extension of Motion Computing's line of business tablet PCs but its first with the latest Intel technology. The new processors will provide a 40 percent improvement in overall PC performance, the company claims.

"From its inception, Motion has delivered tablet PC solutions that address the needs of a highly mobile workforce," said Mike Stinson, vice president of marketing for Motion Computing. "Today we extend that leadership with the introduction of the industry's most advanced purpose-built slate tablet PCs that offer mobility, power and durability."

Motion Computing also made major upgrades to a few other components in these tablet PCs. Both will feature a hot-swappable battery. There is also a small bridge battery on the motherboard that allows gives the user a minute to swap out the larger battery; after another minute it puts the system in hibernate. Users can actually buy multiple batteries and keep swapping them without ever using AC adapter. The new F5v and C5v will also feature storage solutions of up to 160GB HDD and up to 4GB of RAM.

Both tablets meet the stringent MIL-STD-810G and IP-54 protection standards and feature Gorilla glass displays. The glass, developed by Corning, is four times more impact resistant than normal glass and has an anti-smear coating. Both tablets are designed to work in a variety of business fields but the C5 is primarily aimed at health care and has no USB ports for data protection. The C5 starts at $2299 and the F5v starts around $2548 depending on options.

Dan Evans is the DIY Analyst for PCMag.com. He has been at the magazine/website for over 10 years and during that tenure has worked on every product team here. When he is not building a PC from scratch he is reviewing laptops, desktops, and videogames. Before coming to PCMag.com he earned a BA in US History at Columbia University and was a member of the oldest collegiate wrestling program in the country. In his spare time he is the co-host of a sports/tech podcast www.thesportscircuit.com....
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